COTTON CREPE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 3

COTTON CREPE.

'-. For " sbmo '.unexplained : reason tho ;virtues s of Japanese 1 '- orV cotton.' crepe [bi^yqij.neyer.' beeri;> appreciated'' :by* Wellington .womon,;, to.';,whom; it . was. intro.dueKd somo two or three seasons ago.; 'itj' is. 'pbfliaps'; tho" best'..hardwear cot- : Oighter ' 'Colours,' and : it;; is' .;madein", / pretty' : :shaaes'; , of 'pink,' blue; and:red.. The green and tho heliotrope' ara liot white and.tlie stripes' tiro '.esccilent..'"'lt'-'is' slow.'tb'Vfade, washes' well, is easy to do up, does not • shrink tear; and docs . not! crush: and-yot-'With- all, these virtues' ' It: lii}^r, l ;beeom'o'''pgpular''hero;' per-, j .haps..because it:is"^th.9r ; too; hard and ■ stiff"to,, mako."up prettily ,in,; a blouse;" ;' ln ; 'Melbourne, "'.with'- ;th'o -vogu'o' of."tlio, ■'sloeyolessVbldtiso/ the. kimono' capolet,- ' and.tho' bretelle has'conie-fulrapprcci*-. tion ..of;'the .value., of cotfo'n 0 . crepe, tihere 'promises 'to., be as' popu-lar''for-hard wear as .'Shantung is.j for-: ifestivo occasions. .Tho "Age'', do-, some successful frocks that havo 'beeii made for wear with- muslin blouses.' A .charming cotton crepe frock-jn jink has a., mere.' suggestion, of ii'. kiniouo 'coatcc. ■ "The; edgo• of tho coatee is'embroidered'in small whito ah(3' pink' daisies; outlined ,'witlV black.; Tho skirt''falls in full' folds,-, the belt being cmbroiderod, with daisies. Tho; blouse wbrn with this is of tho finest muslin embroidery, tho most fashionable, material for washing' blouses at tlio;:i The transparent effect, of; tho muslin • is • particularly; happy 'lit'connection with crepe;, which' has a density and bloom almost, equal to that .of yelvot in appcaranco. China blue cotton .'crepe is dfilightful cm-,, broidored with tho right shade of. green and bronze; wliilo a plain whito design, .worked . in; bands and. used, as •trimming, made a success of ono sqen •in the possession 6f : a recont brido. Another blue cotton crepo frock had the skirt finished with a band of plain black linen, the little, coatee having reverß of, the same material.''

' yi' LEARNING rrHB : NEWS. ; - i.- The art of 'reading the dailynewi .. andiirftejligentlr. shoUld\'ba : '' c.' uught in', every, ! sclib()] j for girlsi. If. .the habit,.of ; ."reading.vrero thus no- . . quired fewer ■ women woiild : read . only . itho' onething they .'.are; interested, in—; - perhaps-getting ; a:, situation, or soma-' ■;..botly's'' W^ding^nd<,'ignore f-Vwomea. ;would bo able to remomberjand- giye ; ;|ari opinion on what they have read. ■' To road quickly,to''.sccat:a''glariee , ; the); purport of ary article,,the sense of ' ; a ; paragraphi.'the* meaning of a' gram, is in some sense a gift—tho. ro> . '.s'nlt.'of. rintuitibm. increased by. erper- 'i ~ ie'nce, :like the', rcaeding.-of, music at" '■ sight.;fint v : (s3,y3a-' writer in'" tho .- | ': ''Sydn,cy'Morning Herald") it may bo / ' ''devt)«jped,v arid when; developed is .a' great boon to the busy woman. who : has-little',>imoyfrbm';tho''pi:aotical''ex- ( actions of family. !■ life;, to. for ' . ..desultorjr ' : v-The younger; one- begins .to; learn to •. ' reba'd' (talribg:readii4g,in:i_ts ; figurative '• sense)' ;tlio.bitter' ! Reading t ■ without tfears'wheh ;oiio.is.a^child, ; mcans!read- , ing Without fag .when' one is a; woman. ■ There' are ' .ihrcc! kinds of grown-up yrbadersTrthOsc; tlicy never > ' ,'rfcad ; thof. papers ' men,-, who ~ seism'by■' means to . : .know if ; itv. poneijriis -' rfSsd-'^ tjiq^'vpajier ) v jbut •. ','ftSiiage j.tb i.a'iltdifebl ;at a', loss m company, ' awhott'- interesting vdiseu'sjiion. of., the-, .news,'of itheVdii)'-'or iweek. is-goingfor-,jWa!;d;/aiid,'th6's6'.who read and digest £411tli&t. is','worth- and/could ■ pass an' examination' -oh' what -they ••'W4i-e: : i»lc'aneil. ;' '"iThfe-; reading .of. births," deaths', ..and ■ j'lised 'to - ( bo' : , regardfcd:"as a feniiiiino' diversion', 1 .or • tlip'indulpj;, . . bf-'ft iireak- curiosity-;nowit is .con-' ,'sklered as (i .logiifiat'o sourcb of information,; of which,both-public and. private ; people,; • both-, men/and'', women, • avail- : themselves.' ; lt - is- "awkward,, ■.should you.-m&k'o: some.castial Mntjnii-y ,for,tho ..rolatiro of'; an acquaintance, ■tp'b'e met.'.withvthc'inftrmatibn that, , lie. has''sjiddenly,,'died the; day befbre. . ylti.'.-tfis': itivthe 'you- not .; See, it ;YbuK acknowledgement that ■ yon'did hqt'Js.npt;'t)ut 'down ; to-yoiir understindingjof publip; ihbjit to ah cafiathy - concern* °' .fritodls.'personal•'q&ire'.'?. - ' ,;.;;-'To; read ' about, enrrofit ..events'-is -a owes • to herself;.::' HoWeve'r absorbing -her household' cares,; sho/must'regard:them / lis/ too. exacting it, they' f confine; her ..thqujshtjs to Vtheni. alpnoi;' An 1 intel- . iigent interest in. btherip'eppio's affairs is tho right of who can - road; i otherwise, why.' learn .. t.o _read? Reading is' ' the result of • civilisatioii;. -the- -hallmark. of- an-ad-vanced progress

■ THE. WAi J\IILK SHOULD BEI'laLN 1 .Greater healllvy'ind economy would follow i . better': understanding.oorthof r tho food value, of niilit' : aiitU : ;hox\'. it should. Do'' combined' with'other',materials. The reason why so many. pi-bpib' find' that milk,';dees ; lipt.'"agrcu v. isii tlicini. is •; bo- • causo of : t!>.e. way if is '■■ tiiatod,' combined; or t'akoii.. .Ciear it 1 . reaches the Stimach ia' coagulated! by .-the. gastr.c juice. ILji.ii : ni;lF is' sippeu,.and sftaiiuwed- slowiy ; thc v -curd '■ isiformed in sniail-vparticles;.: If/ on ,the..^6thor^.Kand,VU''vis.' : ''tftok: rapidly i • the curd will form in. larw pieces and' ,be dilliciilt of! digestion:- 'if ..cold' milk . ' is'clrunlc-- wiion is ..very warm.' and cured it' is liablo to' from-a-hard; choesy mass; in tho': stomacu.-•'causing '.great, pft'i*, ; an'd' ' so'lu'etiniosi ;;'r'esulcitig : 'in ■ death. ;jvlilli',sh6uld ..not .hi)' tak'oii'&a a l ,beverage ft'ith k hea'rty meal. "When / I milk is coilihi/ifc'J 'iii' a v s;iiipit. ionn. with , otficF focfil' jirf'sinuthtiius Aiid' ca.iily-digtstijd''ioo.i. ■ l .\ ; Skim-tn. : lk. cAritiius .licntiy ; all 'tli'i; protein, milksugar, ; and. mitioral ; that .was , 'Ih.. tiip-' whole "milk.'. * Ewuit «sl;immilk c'att.p'e cimplbycd:to':arlvantagb ;iri puddings, '.soups, :sauces for meats, lish, Vegetables, 'etc./' and- in- tnc prop'ara■tioi'i: of ' various;'kindii or bread.'" It is also,, gbtid,, for: 1 chocblate.'i aiul' cocoa. ' .Since. ; tbcro:is : littlb.;or no .fat ■ in'the milk- .o.ttr.i' buttor-'mustivho .added .to ;., • soups or sauces r.'herc skim-milk is usM. :'

:.' .'While.'womoivl-arc choosing cowns' of. licutrai or subdued tints for this summer, it appears as..though :: men'were ■going ,;: ta"tho" other . extreme, 1; for" the 'tailors' and inerccrsVyindows arc ijuite gajvwith; rows,and. rowvqf. ties in,(to tho , femiyino . mind), „the.' weirdest' of greens, bines, Ws,'.; purples,; and lows, which .no ; woman • would..cvor dream- of; placing in, closo proximity to .her-complexion;' -'-Yet..,the' young man who is usually,rather sallow than otherwise' will choose ..tho crudcst tint, and knot it uuder his chin without'a second ■thought.,.- There is also;a. :,tondenoy in men to \year- tweeds of. a curious green shade, ,and; some of. the newest suits aro of .a ,'dccidod; resodtt: Or isage huo. The ■latest'tone of .'dark, blue'has assumed a purple tint';.while "tweed, with a ■liirgo; violfcbcheck itiiot;atiill unusual. A' cheerful nq'tb; of: colour ;is: givon by ■ the ; fancy ; waistcoats/;which aro more cltiboratc tliiiti everj somoof. the newest huckaback jwttcrns 'bfeiiig' verj- lmiidso'nio wlien., chibroifleral,' in contranting tones. k:ercd in eiboH'cn't" taste," those in vkieb bright t>iits, afo jumbled togotlier being tho latbst, .wliilo 'tlio. iflta that sock .should carry out the note of colour suggested by .tho t|o and waistcoat is growing in p&pularity. Englishme» ire wearing low shoes initiad of boots, .>o that the smartness of,their,hosiery m not lost. : Goldon.brown, which .harmonises with! tan leather, and a brown suit, of, clothes, 'touches, tho top note of style, and green and purple come noxt. Palo bluo and pink aro taboo,, but they "are tho only forbidden colours.-